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Exodus 22:5

3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
KJV
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
WEB
“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten by letting his animal loose, and it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
ASV
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man`s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
DARBY
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and put in his cattle, and pasture in another man's field, of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make [it] good.
BLB
If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and he sends out his animal and it grazes in the field of another man, then from the best of his field and from the best of his vineyard he shall repay.
ÅB
Når noen lar sitt fe beite på sin åker eller i sin vingård, og han slipper det løs så det kommer til å beite på en annens åker, da skal han gi i vederlag det beste på sin åker og det beste i sin vingård.
OTB
«Hvis noen lar buskapen sin beite på en mark eller vingård og de streifer inn i en annens mark, må det gjøres opp fra det beste av lovbryterens egen mark eller vingård.
B1930
Når nogen lar sitt fe beite på sin aker eller i sin vingård, og han slipper det løs så det kommer til å beite på en annens aker, da skal han gi i vederlag det beste på sin aker og det beste i sin vingård.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 22:3

    If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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  • Exodus 21:34

    The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

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  • Exodus 22:12

    And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

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  • Job 20:18

    That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

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